GRE Word List

AMALGAM

a mixture of different elements

The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.

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WordMeaning
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
barda tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds
primpto dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
collagean artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
botchan inflammatory sore
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
askewout of line : at an angle
haphappening